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Not to us, O Lord, not to us, but to your name let glory be given, because of your mercy and your unchanging faith.
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Why may the nations say, Where is now their God?
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But our God is in heaven: he has done whatever was pleasing to him.
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Their images are silver and gold, the work of men's hands.
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They have mouths, but no voice; they have eyes, but they see not;
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They have ears, but no hearing; they have noses, but no sense of smell;
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They have hands without feeling, and feet without power of walking; and no sound comes from their throat.
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Those who make them are like them; and so is everyone who puts his faith in them.
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O Israel, have faith in the Lord: he is their help and their breastplate.
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O house of Aaron, have faith in the Lord: he is their help and their breastplate.
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You worshippers of the Lord, have faith in the Lord: he is their help and their breastplate.
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The Lord has kept us in mind and will give us his blessing; he will send blessings on the house of Israel and on the house of Aaron.
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He will send blessings on the worshippers of the Lord, on the small and on the great.
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May the Lord give you and your children still greater increase.
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May you have the blessing of the Lord, who made heaven and earth.
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The heavens are the Lord's; but the earth he has given to the children of men.
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The dead do not give praise to the Lord; or those who go down to the underworld.
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But we will give praise to the Lord now and for ever. Praise be to the Lord.
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